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Danny Foncke
Copper Contributor
Feb 16, 2017

PnP Provisioning Engine template support for publishing pages ?

Is there any news on the support for publishing pages by the pnp provisioning engine. if this functionality is not for the near future, any suggestions on how best to complement the provisioning (...
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BrianPMcCullough00
Copper Contributor

Hmmm...now how to handle upgrade scenarios where we want to redeploy the page...getting the old "duplicate web parts deployed issue"...

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paulpascha
Bronze Contributor
Feb 22, 2017

We've implemented a custom Provider / Extensibility Handler to handle some upgrade scenarios (e.g. overwriting a previously deployed WebPart, removing WebParts not defined in your template). I can share the raw code with you if you like...

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    BrianPMcCullough00
    Copper Contributor
    Feb 22, 2017

    Yeah, I was just reading up on the pnp:Providers and pnp:Extensions stuff as I was thinking that'd be the way to handle it.  Love to see your stuff as a starting point.  If not comfortable sharing here, let me know and we can look for other ways to communicate/collaborate.

     

    Thanks!

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        BrianPMcCullough00
        Copper Contributor
        Feb 22, 2017

        Beauty!  and +1 for use of "Paginas" ;)  Fond memories of that folder tripping us up on an old public MUI project from 2009 timeframe.

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